West Linn Lion made a strong run last year in the playoffs! They got the solid win over South Salem HS yesterday 84-68. The Lions where lead by Senior. Mitch Cokley (6'0) with 22 and Sophomore stud Ryan Shearmire (6'5) 20 points!Saxons of South Salem top scorer was Kyle Atkinson with 26 points.2014 6'5 Ryan Shearmire ...

Yesterday I took in a couple of Phoenix area high school games and then had a chance to interact with San Francisco, USC Head Coach Kevin O'Neil and then spent the evening at a junior college game with Texas Tech Head Coach Billy Clyde Gillispie.  Continuing to develop relationships with college programs that benefit the members of the D1 Nation!Coach Max and Coach Gillispie at John Lucas' Camp Right W ...

Battleground High School (WA) defeats Prairie High School (WA) with a final score of 66-34.Jacob Belford (6’9/unsigned senior) had a dominate game against Prairie High School.  He proved once again why he is a Division-I caliber player.  He dominated from the start and up to the end of the game.  His explosiveness, great outside shooting, and rebounding ability proved to be too much for ...

Great Performances from 12/06/11Westview High defeats Lakeridge High with a final score of 68-57. Landon Lucas (6’8/class of 2012) lead the way with 29 points.  Landon Lucas is a physical player who is hard to guard.  He always battles his way into the paint and is also a terrific rebounder. Sisters High defeats Summit High with a final score of 57-52.  The talented duo from Sister led the wa ...

The D1 Nation  was in the house last night at Verrado High School in Buckeye, AZ for a Phoenix Metro rivalry match up.  The game was entertaining for the most part and had several swings where each team seemed poised to run away with it.  A couple of poor decisions with the score tied that resulted in turnovers by Verrado were the pivotal moments. Ultimately it came down to guard pl ...

In a dominant performance, 3A Liberty Hill continues to build on what could be a special season as they thumped 5A Round Rock Westwood 97-48.  Westwood is not a terrible team either, it's just that Liberty Hill is that good.  There's a special player brewing at LH in 2013 F 6'7" Blake Danielak.  He's got the high end academics to go to a Rice/Stanford/Harvard environment and he shows the tale ...

PreviewWilsonville High School (Oregon) vs. The Dalles-Wahtonka (Oregon)Wilsonville High School will be playing their first game this Friday against The Dalles-Wahtonka.  This marks the return of their trio.  Big things are expected out of Wilsonville High.  Kevin Marshall (6’0”guard/unsigned senior) looks to lead his team once again into the tournament and have them make a run at the state c ...

Round Rock McNeil 61   Australia School of Sport  512014 G Trey Dilworth brought his "A" game to a matchup with a touring Australian HS team and left a lasting impression.  The Texas D1 Ambassadors/McNeil Mavs G scored 17 points and put his athleticism on display for the visitors to view.  College Station A&M Consolidated 49   Round Rock Stony Point ...

San Antonio Central Catholic and Texas D1 Ambassadors star Cole Martinez will be back in San Antonio December 10-11th to play in a tournament at Lackland (TX) Air Force Base. Unfortunately I won't be able to see him as I will be out of town but the 2010-2011 San Antonio Express News Player of the Year will surely put on a good show.  He's leading his Air Force Prep squad in scoring at over 17 ppg. ...

I received a text message this afternoon from Papa John Landry informing me that his son, Travon Landry had verballed to UT. "Not Texas, says Big John, but the other UT." Landry a 6'1" G in the class of 2013 will play in the Southeast Conference for the Tennessee Volunteers. Landry started as a freshman at San Antonio Madison (TX), started alongside J. Mychal Reese (Texas A&M) as a soph at Bryan (TX ...